This is an analysis of For The Dedication Of The New City Library, Boston by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
PROUDLY, beneath her glittering dome,
Our three-hilled city greets the morn;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc bdbd efef ccbc cgcg cXcc hbhb hghg hchcXbdbd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 100101001 111010101 11010101 010110111 01010101 010101110 110000101 1101001001 110101001 11011101 01011101 010010101 100101001 11010101 11110101 111100001 10010101 11010111 11010101 110100101 010010101 01010101 10010101 010100101 10011101 1111001000 11110101 110110111 01010101 111101001 110111001 01000101 10110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11011101 1111101 110101001 11110101 11010101 11010101 10011101 01010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
her, from, no
Anaphora
the, from, no
